Asian Studies

A range of generous support is available for 2019/20 applicants to the M.Phil. in Chinese Studies. Exceptional candidates from a strong academic background will be considered for a full-time tuition waiver for either EU or non-EU fees (worth €8,832/€18,849) and a monthly stipend of €1,000. Additional scholarship schemes are also available for both full-time and part-time M.Phil. applicants (including fee waivers or stipends). Applicants must apply online by 1 May 2019, for entry to the M.Phil. programme in September 2019.

Our cutting-edge taught Master's in Chinese Studies is now available as a one-year intensive course as well as a two-year part-time programme. Designed for those with a global mindset, this qualification will develop your in-depth knowledge and understanding of contemporary China within a comparative, global context, and enhance your international career prospects.

This year's TCAS Lunchtime Seminar Series kicks off on Tues 11 Sept at 1pm in the TCAS seminar room, on the topic 'Watering down Hong Kong'. The guest speaker is Claudia Mo, pro-democracy legislator and journalist. We are also happy to confirm our November seminar on the Japan-EU EPA, with Professor Kimura from Keio University, Japan. Visit our Events page to subscribe to the TCAS mailing list for full details of these talks and our guest speakers.

The Trinity Centre for Asian Studies is delighted to welcome Mr Pak Hei Chan as recipient of one of the Provost's PhD Project Awards. Mr Chan will be researching the topic of multilingualism in Hong Kong under the supervision of Principal Investigator and TCAS Director Prof. Lorna Carson.

The work of TCAS instructor Mr Chang Zhang has been included in an international repository of good practices in language learning involving ICT. The repository is managed by the E-Lengua project, coordinated by the University of Salamanca. "The Story of Chinese Characters" provides a flipped classroom assisted by the use of a series of educational videos, implemented in the intermediate level Mandarin Chinese classes in TCD in 2017-18.